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Music A$AP Rocky Finally Unveils Cover Art & Pre-Save Links For "Don't Be Dumb" A$AP Rocky is dropping "Don't Be Dumb" in due time, and it appears as though Tim Burton helped him with his cover art. By Alexander Cole December 17, 2025
Music Joe Budden Is Ready To Investigate The DJ Akademiks & Charlamagne Tha God Beef Charlamagne Tha God has been attacked by one of DJ Akademiks' X accounts, and now, Joe Budden is weighing in. By Alexander Cole June 10, 2026
Music Brian McKnight Allegedly Rejected Dying Son Niko's Plea For Love During a recent interview, Brian McKnight Jr. recalled a heartbreaking phone call he received from his brother Niko shortly before he died. By Caroline Fisher December 04, 2025
Music 50 Cent Suggests He's Making A New Album After Dropping Untitled Track If 50 Cent's "The Algorithm" is really on the way, then it might have more to do with his hip-hop beefs than his current career status. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 13, 2026
Music The Game Calls Current Hip-Hop "Trash" And Claims He's One Of The Best MCs The Game was supposed to drop his first ever "Gangsta Grillz" mixtape this week, but it seems like it's still in the oven. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 28, 2025
Politics Nicki Minaj Admitted To Being An Illegal Immigrant In Resurfaced Facebook Post Nicki Minaj recently went off on Don Lemon for covering an anti-ICE protest at a church in Minneapolis, last weekend. By Cole Blake January 21, 2026
Music Police Clarify Celeste Rivas’ Body Was Not Decapitated Or Frozen Police found Celeste Rivas' body in the trunk of a vehicle registered to the singer, D4vd, back in September. By Cole Blake November 25, 2025
Music Rick Ross Claps Back At 50 Cent By Bringing Up Daphne Joy's Explicit Tape Daphne Joy shares a son with 50 Cent, and Rick Ross is one of many folks who have trolled them after Joy's non-consensual tape leak. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 30, 2026
Music NBA YoungBoy Is Now The Most RIAA-Certified Rapper Ever Given NBA YoungBoy's ridiculous focus to keep pumping out projects, he may set a record that will never be broken by anyone in rap history. By Zachary Horvath January 16, 2026
Music Drake Shows Off Cam'ron's Pink Range Rover In "FOMO" Short Film Drake showed off Cam'ron's legendary pink Range Rover from the "Killa Cam" and "Get Em Girls" music videos. By Ben Atkinson September 16, 2026
Music NBA Ben10 Arrested By FBI In Connection To AllStar JR Shooting AllStar JR was arrested and charged for allegedly shooting NBA Ben10 at a Houston restaurant back in April. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 11, 2026
Music Drake Rides Ice Truck During New "ICEMAN" Music Video Shoot In Toronto Drake is dropping his new album "ICEMAN" very soon, and we wonder if this is a separate music video to other recent production sightings. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 03, 2026